Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 181 The Kingdom's Sharp Weapon

Chapter 185 The Kingdom's Sharp Weapon

Huan Wen said, "What's the matter?"

Xi Chao said: "If we make peace with Wei, we will benefit both, and if we divide, we will harm both. Fighting with us is definitely not in the interest of Wei, nor is it in the interest of Ming Gong!"

Xi Chao said: "Wei State has been in war for a long time and needs to recuperate urgently. They have Yan State in the north, Dai State in the west, Qin State in the west, Jin State in the southeast, and us in the southwest. I will not pass up this opportunity to add insult to injury!"

Xi Chao's words reminded Huan Wen.

Wei Guo's rear is also unstable.

The Jin Dynasty was a trap to Huan Wen.The Yan Kingdom is basically a cavalry unit. If Qingqi goes south, it will arrive at the city of Ye in less than half a month.

Wei Guo is also suffering from the enemy!
Thinking of this, Huan Wen became excited, and said with a smile: "Let's pass on, the champion general Mao Husheng will be the main general, the guerrilla general Mao Anzhi will be the deputy general and Baqian Buqi will be the forward, and I will lead the Chinese army to follow up..."

Huan Wen decided to lead the army northward, but he was smart enough to think that in order to stabilize Yang Hui, at the same time, he met Yang Hui seriously and reached an alliance with Yang Hui.

"One is that the Wei army gave up Luoyang City, and the Wei army all withdrew from Luoyang. The Wei State and Huanwen took Luoyang as the boundary, and the two sides lived in friendship and did not invade each other!"

"Secondly, after the Wei State withdrew from Luozhou, the east of Chenliu and Liang Commanderies belonged to the Wei State, and the Huanwen army was not allowed to invade the east. They were not allowed to harass the local people!"

"The third part is the meat part. Wei Jun will sell 20 sets of armor and riding equipment and [-] horses to Huan Wen in exchange for [-] shi of grain from Huan Wen."

In addition, Yang Hui also introduced the five-tooth warship produced in Qingzhou to Huan Wen, and proposed to Huan Wen the intention to sell it. However, Huan Wen did not have much food in his hands, and only relying on local supplies from Jingzhou, Huan Wen was not too rich to use it himself.

However, Yang Hui managed to attract Huan Wen's attention with the Huihui Pao, Ba Niu Crossbow, and Meng Huo You.

Huan Wen also admired his own excellent acting skills, but he didn't know him well.

Yang Hui's real purpose is to attract Huan Wen to go north as soon as possible.

The two have their own ghosts, and they are hypocritical. Those who don't know will think that the two are close friends.

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The guerrilla general Mao Anzhi led [-] light infantry cavalry to the foot of Luhun City, and shouted loudly: "You open the city gate quickly, I am the vanguard of the Jin Wangshi, guerrilla general Mao Anzhi!"

Standing under the city of Lu Hun, Mao Anzhi was also feeling uneasy. Even though he had three thousand soldiers in his hands, if the opponent refused to defend the city, even if there were only eight hundred soldiers, he would have no chance of attacking it!Even if you try your best to attack the city at all costs, the losses will be astonishingly large.

Luhun County is also called Luhun because the Luhun Pass in the Han Dynasty was in its territory.If you say its other name, everyone will know it.It is the seat of Shaolin Temple, Songshan County, Henan Province.When Lu Hun was in the Jin Dynasty, he could only be regarded as a lower county, and it was still an extremely poor county.

Lu Hun is known as "nine mountains, half mountains and half rivers".

The territory is surrounded by Funiu, Xiong'er and Waifang mountains, and the three rivers of Yihe, Ruhe and Baihe flow into the Yellow River, Huaihe River and Yangtze River respectively.Lu Hun is known as the nine mountains, half mountains and half rivers, and there is very little arable land, but as the southern barrier of Luoyang, its strategic position is very important.

Although the size of Luhun County is small, the city wall is very tall. Even if it has not been repaired for more than [-] years, the defense capability of the city wall is still very strong!

Just when Mao Anzhi's patience was about to be exhausted, suddenly the suspension bridge at the south gate of Junjun County slowly fell down with a creaking sound like teeth grinding.

With a loud bang, the suspension bridge slammed heavily on the moat.At this time, the city gate is slowly opening.

The city gate was wide open, and Mao Anzhi was not in a hurry to enter. He knew that there were inner urn cities at the north and south gates of Luhun County. If he entered the urn city rashly, and the enemy closed the city gate again, then he would have fulfilled the idiom and caught the turtle in the urn!
At this moment, a panic-stricken general came to Mao Anzhi and kowtowed: "The villain Qiao You'an is the county magistrate and county lieutenant of the army. I respectfully invite the king of the Celestial Dynasty to enter the city!"

Mao Anzhi shouted coldly: "Is there a Wei army in the city?"

Qiao You'an said: "The Wei army all withdrew last night, and there is no more Wei soldier in the city!"

Mao Anzhi asked again, "How many troops are there in the city now? Order everyone to go out of the city to welcome the king into the city!"

Qiao You'an said: "Report to General, there are still [-] guards in the city, all of them are here!"

"What about the people?"

Qiao You'an said: "There used to be more than [-] households and more than [-] people in the city. They started to evacuate ten days ago. The humble officials were coerced by the Wei army and could not be stopped. When the Wei army retreated, they took all the food in the city. I haven't eaten for a day and a night, so I ask the general to take pity on me and give me some food!"

When Mao Anzhi heard this, he was speechless immediately. They occupied Luhun City, which is regarded as the southern barrier of Luoyang City. However, there was no food, grass, or people in the city. Mao Anzhi begged: "Please take pity on the general, take pity on us!"

Mao Anzhi gritted his teeth and said, "The army is entering the city!"

There was no ambush in Lu Hun City, but Mao Anzhi didn't feel the joy of recovering the lost ground. He felt a little restless!While Mao Anzhi settled the soldiers and set up camp, he ordered the messenger to report the victory to Huan Wen: "Luhun County was successfully recovered!"

Just when Mao Anzhi was sighing up to the sky in Luhun County, more than [-] Wei soldiers lived in the valley deep in Funiu Mountain, which was less than [-] miles away from Luhun City.

Due to the mountains in the army county, the cavalry units could not deploy, so Ran Ming ordered the Volunteer Regiment, Ran Ming's great apprentice Chen Yong, to complete the difficult task of blocking the Jin army's way to the south!
The current temperature is at least minus 20 degrees, and it is no exaggeration to say that every drop of water turns into ice.

Chen Yong stood in a tent disguised with white cloth, this is the handsome tent of Luozhou New First Battalion, Chen Yong looked at the snowflakes falling in the sky, and his eyes flashed anxiously.

The weather was already cold, and they were lying in ambush in the mountains. In order to avoid being discovered by the Jin army, Chen Yong had already strictly ordered the soldiers not to keep warm.

In this kind of severe cold weather, the temperature of the human body is extremely volatile, and if there is not enough calorie intake, there will definitely be a large number of non-combat attrition.

Chen Yong asked the quartermaster: "How are the soldiers doing?"

The quartermaster said: "Reporting to the general, it is still normal. This is thanks to the down jacket invented by His Highness. This thing is very warm, and the sleeping bag made of down is still sweating when sleeping in it."

Ran Ming didn't know that there was no cotton in this era.After coming to this time and space, Ran Ming noticed this serious problem.The clothing that people keep out the cold in winter mainly relies on animal hair.There is no cotton, so naturally there is no cotton coat to wear. It is so cold in winter, not to mention fighting, even at home, people will freeze to death.

So Ran Ming chose the most common down for winter clothes.

Speaking of which, the down jacket is not an invention of Ran Ming, because there are literature records that down jackets appeared in China during the Zhou Dynasty. At that time, people used bird feathers to make clothes, which were called Yuyi, also known as velvet clothes.In the Han Dynasty, yak hair was used as clothing wadding, and in the Tang Dynasty, goose down was used as quilt wadding.According to the technology of this era, it certainly does not have the beautiful appearance, softness and bulkiness of seventy or eighty in later generations.Anyway, Ran Ming also knows the manufacturing process of down jackets, but there is no way to thoroughly sterilize them. After boiling and washing, the down still has a strong extreme smell. In comparison, the smell is much better than those untreated sheepskins up.

The problem of keeping out the cold is solved by using down, and the problem of eating hot meals is actually not too difficult to solve.

Ran Ming asked people to add water to dry lime powder and wrap it in a large jar outside the can, and then added water.The lime is mixed with water to create a thermochemical reaction that emits a lot of heat, enough to heat the can.

Chen Yong walked around the camp, but he didn't notice any large-scale emotions among the soldiers. On the contrary, these soldiers all looked at Chen Yong earnestly.They all understand that at this time, no one would have thought that they would ambush here, and when the time comes, the credit will be easy to get!Chen Yong ordered the officers around him: "Send more scouts and pay close attention to the movement of the Jin army. If there is any change, report it in time!"

At the same time, Huan Wen, who was in Wancheng, received a report from Mao Anzhi that they had successfully captured the army county.After Lu Hun got it, head north to Xincheng (now Yichuan). The entire Yi (county) in Henan Province is in charge of Luhun and Xincheng counties!
Huan Wen felt very excited inside, so he said to Xi Chao: "Jing Xing, get ready, let's go to Luoyang!"

Xi Chao said: "General, did the Wei army in Luhun County not lay an ambush?"

Huan Wen nodded and said: "According to Mao Anzhi's report, the Wei army had withdrawn from the army the day before yesterday. It is ridiculous to say that this Chu king Ran Ming not only took the people of Luhun City, but also took away all the food. The remaining 100 people starved for a day and a night!"

Xi Chao said: "This also shows that Wei Jun is very short of food, and Ran Ming is also in a hurry to go to the doctor!"

"Jing Guang, do I want to abide by the agreement with Ran Ming and exchange food for weapons?" Huan Wen asked with a faint smile.Huan Wen is in a very good mood at this moment. His wish for many years is about to come true. As long as he successfully captures the old capital of Luoyang, his reputation in the whole world will be like a thunderbolt.When he really reached that point, it was the moment when he could do whatever he wanted!

Xi Chao casually picked up a horse crossbow and said to Huan Wen, "Duke Ming, this is a sharp weapon for the country!"

As he said that, Xi Chao picked up a quiver full of crossbow bolts. In this era, Ran Ming could not make spring steel, so the crossbow arrow case did not use the force of springs to push the arrows to the bow, but the gravity of the earth.

The combination of the arrow box and the Wangshan skillfully, not only did not become a burden, but became an aiming tool with three points in a line.

Since the Magong crossbow is wound by a lever, Xi Chao can wind the crossbow effortlessly.

Aim at the pillar in the study, and slowly pull the trigger!

(End of this chapter)